Tokyo Drifter

Apr 10, 1966

1h 23m

★ 7.1

Overview

After yakuza boss Kurata dissolves his own criminal empire, a rival kingpin offers a position to Kurata's top operative, Tetsuya "Phoenix Tetsu" Hondo. When the fiercely loyal Tetsu declines, Otsuka taps unstoppable Tatsuzo the "Viper", a ruthless gun-for-hire, to assassinate him. As the Viper trails his target through the countryside, the agile Phoenix Tetsu grows concerned that one of his former associates has betrayed him.

Genres

Thriller

Crime

Action

Production Companies

Nikkatsu Corporation

Tokyo Drifter Trailers

Cast

Tetsuya "Phoenix Tetsu" Hondo

Tetsuya Watari

Chiharu

Chieko Matsubara

Kenji Aizawa

Hideaki Nitani

Tatsuzo the Viper

Tamio Kawachi

Tanaka

Eiji Gō

Mutsuko

Tomoko Hamakawa

Keiichi

Takeshi Yoshida

Umetani

Isao Tamagawa

Otsuka

Eimei Esumi

Kurata

Ryuji Kita

Fujimura

Yuzo Kiura

Kumamoto

Hiroshi Chō

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